Wiccan Living

Probably because so many people come from mainstream religions, it is very difficult for them to incorporate the Wiccan lifestyle in to their current lives.  So often religion gets pigeonholed in to a specific day of the week and then after that, it tends to be passively forgotten or deliberately not used at all.

Wicca/Witchcraft has no written rules.  There are several versions of what most people call The Wiccan Rede, a written list of suggestions for being a good witch.  However, most pagans do subscribe to the final line, usually "an' it harm none."

But even this line is not without controversy.  Many people take this to mean that anything they do should not harm anyone but exclude themselves from the list...some people include themselves in that "harm none" adage.  However there are some who ignore that adage all together and do what they think is best in keeping with a quip from Aleister Crowley..."do what thou will shall be the whole of the law".  Crowley felt that people should live in tune with their True Will and doing what they felt they should do in accordance with that True Will would mean that their actions would be justified.

The reality is, there is no right or wrong way to live a Wiccan life.  Everyone is called upon to determine what is best for their conscience and take actions in accordance with that conscience.   Living a Witchy lifestyle means that you and you alone are responsible for your actions.  If you hurt someone, there is no other being that can forgive you for the hurt you have inflicted on someone other than the person you have hurt.

Living the Wiccan life also means that you must move Wiccan precepts in to all areas of your life.  Some examples of these precepts are a love of nature and honoring the spirits of all living things.  To this end, do you recycle everything you can? do you try to minimize your impact on the environment by using reusable items like grocery bags and plastic water bottles? What type of eater are you? omnivore? herbivore? vegan? in any style, do you pay attention to how those items are harvested? are they done using sustainable processes? do you pay attention to the food you are eating? is it healthy or full of artificial products or is it a GMO?

We love our Mother Earth and we should do all we can to respect everything on the face of this planet.  If we take from her, then we must ensure that we are doing it in a way that is healthy.  Mother Earth is very much ok with us taking nourishment form her...that is her role in our life.  But the relationship must be symbiotic not parasitic.

By living in harmony with our environment around us, people and the earth, can we live a life that is richly rewarding to us, our fellow creatures on the planet and the planet itself.